On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Bob W <p...@web-options.com> wrote: >> >> ---- AlunFoto <alunf...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Is it officially a pandemic yet? I'd agree to epidemic off-hand, for >> > sure, but it seems a bit difficult to see the true picture >> through the >> > media noise. :-( >> > >> > Anyway, last I heard on the news is that mortality seems way much >> > higher in Mexico than outside the country, which puzzles the >> > scientists. >> > >> > But what's a good doomsday, Pentax related or not, if we >> can't joke about it? >> > >> > Jostein >> >> Latest news here is that it's hitting certain ethnic and >> cultural minorities badly. They can't stand to be covered in rashers. >> > > Truth in jest. One of the reasons why pork features so much in Spanish > cooking is that before the reconquista and the expulsion of the Muslims and > the Jews, eating pork was a way of emphasising your Christianity. Under the > Inquisition it was a sign of loyalty to the church. > > Bob
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